Reviews for Aamir Khan Film Sarfarosh

 Reviews for Aamir Khan Film Sarfarosh

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The back of the DVD case claims that Sarfarosh is the first Hindi movie to take a look at some of the real reasons behind terrorism and insurgency in India. This seems like a fairly radical claim that I doubt they could really defend even though my knowledge of Hindi cinema is still far from complete. DIL SE seemed like a pretty honest examination of the subject to me, and that was several years earlier. I don't want to hold the claims on the DVD case against the movie though, as SARFAROSH is certainly an interesting take on the subject.

Ajay Singh's brother is killed and his father brain damaged by terrorists when Ajay is a small boy, because his father was going to stand up against them in court or something. Ajay takes this to heart (as you would), and as a young adult he devotes himself to becoming a police inspector and fighting against crime, and terrorists in particular. The movie is essentially about one case, where Ajay has to get to the roots of an operation smuggling guns into the country. The operation is backed by a Pakistani general, with the rationale that arming criminals in India is a cheap but effective way of waging war. The movie does push a fairly unbalanced "Pakistan aggressors, India = victims" message, though it is very careful/keen not to equate this with Muslim vs Hindu and turn it into a religious issue.

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SARFAROSH 2 - Aamir Khan Planning part 2 SARFAROSH

Most of Aamir’s movies are a masterpiece. He is one actor with directorial instincts. The script of his movies is always well outlined. Sarfarosh was a blockbuster in the year 1999. It is the story of a cop busting a terrorist operation. Aamir has germinated with the idea of Sarfarosh 2 and given the nod to the director John Matthew Matthan to start working on the sequel.

Aamir has done many Bollywood blockbuster movies. He has ingenious insight in the art of filmmaking. Every project he has taken in films and television has been tremendously successful. This is not a filmmaker and actor with parlor tricks. His work bespeaks of his passion for ideas, movie making, and mastery over every aspect of film making. Sarfarosh 2 might just not be disappointing if it has the midas touch of Aamir’s perfectionism.

Aamir Khan has won many national awards and nominations for acting and direction. He, however, has a reputation for not being present in any of these award ceremonies. He has won the National Award for best director in Taare Zameen Par. He has Filmfare award for best actor in the Oscar nominated movie, Lagaan. This 49 year old actor is not only an actor but also a producer, director, singer, and television presenter. His talk show, Satyameva Jayate covers grave social issues of India that have been blissfully dismissed and ignored.

Sarfarosh 2 also might be a crime thriller movie. This movie is still in the development stage. Aamir was presented an idea for the sequel by the director who made Sarfarosh. His iconic role of ACP Ajay Singh Rathod might be repeated in this sequel too. Aamir has the ingenuity to make a second grade script like Talaash into a gripping storyline. He might not want to deviate from the crime thriller genre. Since there have been many social and political issue in all these years, it would be interesting to anticipate which political controversy or scandal he might be interested to pick up.

The themes of terrorism in films also have a good dose of spellbinding drama. Emotions stirred up in chaos and bedlam is something only veteran actors such as Aamir can portray with perfection. The best part is Aamir is not OCD about his perfectionist nature. Aamir is a recluse, a thinker, a philosopher, and an intellectual filmmaker who knows how to combine his intellectual gumption and present it to the hoi polloi.

None of his themes are over the top but certainly are top drawer. We can expect some intriguing and exciting story if it’s going to have Aamir’s brainstorming. He has the mastery to present even a simple story into a masterpiece. It only takes a passionate and an ingenuous mind to take a plain script and use all the dramatic elements and make the script full proof. You cannot pin point any glitches in Aamir’s movies. Then ensemble cast of Sarfarosh may or may not be repeated for Sarfarosh 2.

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